The word nomenclature has appeared in 23 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Dec. 19 in “The Year Country Went Everywhere, and Everyone Went Country” by Jon Caramanica. The article discusses Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” album:
Beyoncé pointedly said before the album’s release that it should be heard as a Beyoncé album, not a country album. Whatever the nomenclature, it is a parallel universe album of American roots music that asks what would happen if those modes, largely co-opted by white performers, were reinhabited by Black performers.
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